1Which of the following would BEST explain why a preoperatio

1.Which of the following would BEST explain why a preoperational child would have difficulty understanding that cats can be both pets and wild animals?

A. object permanence

B. centration

C. the imaginary audience

D. animism

2. 4 year old kanaan\'s mother make\'s him a ham and cheese sandwhich for lunch. Kanan refuses to eat the sandwhich, stating that he does not like cheese. When Kanaan\'s mother removes the cheese from the sanwhich, he still refuses to eat and again states he does not like cheese. This is an example of:

A.overimitation

B. overregulation

C. fast-mapping

D. underrutilization

Solution

1. B centration

This is a condition usually occurs in children at preoperational stage wherein they can focus on any one salient feature and ignore rest all others.

Such as this child, who cannot focus on cat being both pet and wild, he can focus on either of them